Blog Posts in June, 2014
Posted on Jun 23, 2014 By Duane Berlin
Connecticut's recently enacted telemarketing legislation allows for higher penalties for unsolicited text or phone messages than the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, creating significant new ...
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Posted on Jun 18, 2014 By Duane Berlin
One of the more troubling issues to arise in Telephone Consumer Protection Act litigation involves calls to reassigned cellphone numbers. Almost 37 million phone numbers get recycled each year, a 16 ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2014 By Duane Berlin
The Federal Trade Commission's recent focus on companies such as American Apparel Inc. that allegedly failed to comply with a U.S.-EU data transfer framework is only likely to grow more intense in ...
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Posted on Jun 5, 2014 By Duane Berlin
ComScore Inc. has struck a $14 million settlement with what is believed to be the largest class ever certified under federal electronic privacy laws, composed of Web users who allegedly had the online ...
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Posted on Jun 5, 2014 By Jack Sousa
In the year since the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that retailers cannot collect ZIP codes from consumers using credit cards, the number of class actions alleging that retailers have ...
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